Day 2: Over 3K jabbed at Panchkula drive-through camp

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 22

Over 3,000 people got inoculated on the second day of the drive-through vaccination camp at the Parade Ground in Sector 5 here today.

District Immunisation Officer Dr Meenu Sasan said: “3,006 people were administered the vaccine on the second day of the drive-through vaccination programme.”

On Friday, 2,251 people were given the vaccine.

People from Dera Bassi, Mohali, Zirakpur, parts of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Haryana visited the vaccination centre today.

Dr Sasan, along with Dr Ajay and Dr Vikas Gupta, supervised the vaccination drive. “Four vaccination counters had been set up at the centre to administer the vaccine,” said Dr Sasan.

Health officials, meanwhile, said a total of 7,016 people were administered the vaccine at 23 health centres across the district on Saturday. Of these, 6,174 in the 18-44 age group received the first dose of the vaccine.

Twenty-nine frontline workers were also given the vaccine, said the health officials, adding that 20 of them were jabbed for the first time.

Also, 579 people aged between 45 and 59 and 234 senior citizens received the vaccine, they said.